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Team Unity in Misamis Oriental throws in support for Robredo, backs 'RoSa' tandem

Team Unity in Misamis Oriental throws in support for Robredo, backs 'RoSa' tandem

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Mar 28, 2022 09:53 AM PHT

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Members of the Team Unity slate in Misamis Oriental declared their support fro Vice President Leni Robredo. Photo courtesy of Eleksyon Kagay-an.
Members of the Team Unity slate in Misamis Oriental declared their support fro Vice President Leni Robredo. Photo courtesy of Eleksyon Kagay-an.

Group backs 'RoSa' tandem

(UPDATE) Nearly 30 local candidates in Misamis Oriental in Northern Mindanao declared their support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo Sunday.

At a press conference in Villanueva town, members of the “Team Unity” local alliance led by gubernatorial candidate, 2nd district Rep. Juliette Uy said they would back Robredo and Lakas-CMD vice presidential bet Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio in the May 9 elections.

“RoSa kaming tanan (We are all for RoSa)!” Uy exclaimed while raising her fist at the end of her endorsement, referring to the term floated by supporters of Robredo and Duterte.

She was joined by her husband, Julio Uy, who is running to replace her in the 2nd district, 1st district congressional contender Karen Lagbas, and Uy’s vice governor running-mate Joey Pelaez.

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Uy and most of the Team Unity candidates are members of the National Unity Party (NUP), which had earlier endorsed Duterte’s running-mate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

Among the slate are 24 mayoral candidates in the province, 11 of whom are incumbents.

Uy, a three-term representative, described Robredo as a close friend, having been fellow "freshmen" in Congress back in 2013.

"A very simple woman, virtuous, with righteousness, commitment--committed, sa trabaho grabe kaseryoso. Simple and approachable friend,” she said.

Pelaez described Robredo as a “principled” leader.

"This is a principled choice because we are not choosing based on popularity at the moment but we are choosing whom we think is the best leader for this country. And we can only think of VP Leni Robredo as president & Mayor Sara Duterte as vice president,” he said.

Other candidates highlighted Robredo’s background as a public lawyer, adding they admired the COVID-19 response of Robredo’s office which also reached the province.

"She is in touch with the grassroots. She is a truly credible person worthy of our support. Why? because prior to becoming a public official she was already a public servant,” said Villanueva Mayor Jennie Uy-Mendez, Uy’s daughter.

“Nakita namin you have policies and programs based on how she sees the actual situation on the ground.”

Uy-Mendez also cited Robredo’s “steadfastness” despite being targetted by disinformation and bashing online.

She also said the candidate was a good choice for Filipinos.

"We’re here to serve the Filipino people, not any political party or any specific political color,” she added.

Misamis Oriental has 1,039,205 registered voters, the most in the Northern Mindanao region.

The endorsement is the latest boost for Robredo among local candidates in Northern Mindanao as well as in the NUP.

Cagayan De Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno of the PROMDI party, who is also running for Misamis Oriental governor, earlier declared his support for Robredo after she declared her candidacy in 2021.

Cagayan De Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, who leads the Centrist Democratic Party, also endorsed Robredo along with Duterte in mid-March.

Meanwhile, Cavite 4th district Rep. Pidi Barzaga, who is president of the NUP, came out in support of Robredo’s bid on Saturday, despite his party’s announcement.

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US pushes Zelensky to sign Ukraine resources deal

US pushes Zelensky to sign Ukraine resources deal

Agence France-Presse

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Updated Feb 22, 2025 03:03 AM PHT

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faced pressure on Friday to sign a deal to hand the United States preferential access to Ukraine's mineral deposits following harsh criticism from US President Donald Trump.

Trump wants Ukraine to give US companies access as compensation for the tens of billions of dollars of aid delivered under his predecessor Joe Biden.

But Ukraine is seeking security guarantees from the United States in exchange for signing away precious rights to vast amounts of its natural resources and critical minerals.

Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser on Friday predicted that Zelensky would sign the deal soon.

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"Look, here's the bottom line, President Zelensky is going to sign that deal, and you will see that in the very short term, and that is good for Ukraine," Waltz told a conference on the outskirts of Washington.

Trump's top advisers have doubled down on their attacks on Zelensky in recent days, after Trump branded him a "dictator" and falsely claimed Ukraine had "started" the war with Russia.

The war of words has stunned Kyiv and European capitals, a sign of just how rapidly Trump is overhauling Washington's long-standing support for Ukraine as he opens talks with Moscow on a settlement to the conflict.

Trump told a gathering of US governors at the White House he had "very good talks" with his Russian counterpart, while adding Ukrainian leaders "don't have any cards, but they play it tough".

The United States had been Ukraine's most important financial, military and political backer since Russia invaded in February 2022, in what the West's top powers had condemned as an unprovoked and illegal war of aggression.

A senior Ukrainian official earlier Friday told AFP that despite the tensions between Zelensky and Trump, talks on a possible agreement were "ongoing".

"There is a constant exchange of drafts, we sent another one yesterday," the Kyiv source said, adding that Ukraine was now waiting for a US response.

Kyiv had rejected a first attempt by Trump's team to strike a deal for Ukraine's natural resources, saying the proposal did not include security guarantees for Kyiv -- a move that infuriated Trump.


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Ukraine is pressing for NATO membership or for the deployment of Western troops and masses of advanced equipment as part of any wider ceasefire agreement with Russia.

Zelensky said earlier this week he would not "sell" Ukraine in any deal with the United States.

The spat risks undermining Western support for Kyiv at a critical juncture in the conflict, ahead of the three-year anniversary of Russia's invasion on Sunday.

Russia's army on Friday said it had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine.

Europe has also been left scrambling to respond, though Zelensky has held a flurry of calls in recent days with European leaders reiterating their support for Ukraine, including French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of Finland and Denmark.

Macron will travel to Washington next week where he will tell Trump: "You can't be weak with President Putin," he said in an address on Thursday.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will also visit Trump, as Paris and London seek to marshal Europe's response to the Republican's first month in office.


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Zelensky met this week in Kyiv with Trump's envoy Keith Kellogg whose description of meetings with Ukrainian officials came in stark contrast with rhetoric from his counterparts in Washington.

In a social media post Kellogg called Zelensky "the embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war".

But in Washington there was little sign Trump's team was looking to dial down tensions.

Trump told Fox News on Friday that "I don't think he's very important to be in meetings", referring to Zelensky, adding "he makes it very hard to make deals".

Tech tycoon and Trump backer Elon Musk weighed in on Thursday, saying Ukrainians "despised" their president and that the US leader was right to leave him out of talks with Russia.

"Some of the rhetoric coming out of Kyiv, frankly, and insults to President Trump were unacceptable," Waltz said during a briefing at the White House.

In his most pointed criticism yet, Zelensky earlier this week said Trump had succumbed to Russian "disinformation" over the US president's repetition of debunked Kremlin talking points on the conflict.

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